Ramsay said he was surprised by how many yards the Rams racked up, then he realized how it happened, with the defense coming up with three goal line stands after long drives and a key interception.

"Although our defense is not built to be a bend-but-don't break defense, it seems like that's what we did this past weekend," Ramsey said.

Tomball also gave up 26 points to Caney Creek a week earlier, in a 54-26 victory, and fell 47-20 to C.E. King in its opener.

"There are some personnel switches and technique things to work on," Ramsey said.

"We're three plays away from holding Caney Creek to no offense … and they're having to earn their way down the field. If we can get them to have to earn their way down the field, we're doing pretty well.

"But we do want to be a little bit more attacking, we do want to cause some more turnovers. That's something that we haven't done that we definitely have to improve on."

The offense is picking up the slack, averaging 38.7 points per game.

The Cougars ran the ball well against Mayde Creek, averaging 8.5 yards per carry with four players supplying touchdown runs.

"Our offensive line did a great job this past week," Ramsey said.

"We were hamstrung by some guys who made some poor decisions the week before and some injury situations, to where we could only use certain personnel in the first half."